Trenton firefighter injured while battling two-alarm blaze

TRENTON — A firefighter was injured battling a two-alarm fire in an abandoned home on last night, fire officials said.

Trenton firefighters were sent to the first block of West Ingham Avenue just before 8 p.m. after receiving calls about a house on fire, Battalion Chief Todd Fell said.

When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke was pouring from the abandoned two-and-a-half story semi-detached home, prompting them to start an aggressive interior attack, he said.

Fell said after being on the scene for 30 minutes, fire started coming through the roof and the building was evacuated when the attic threatened to collapse, he said. Firefighters then switched to an exterior attack and placed the fire under control just before 9:20 p.m., Fell said.

He did not know the details of how the firefighter was injured, but said he believed a firefighter sustained an ankle injury when he fell inside the house. The firefighter was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton where he was evaluated and released.

The cause of the fire is unknown and is under investigation by the Trenton Fire Department Fire Marshal Unit, Trenton Police and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.